Rand Paul Likens Tax Hikes To Drowning

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was a guest on On The Record last night to discuss why his vote will not be easy to win on any fiscal cliff deal. But he kind of went overboard (if you’ll pardon the pun) when he likened allowing the expiration of Bush tax cuts to “a policy of drowning.”

Paul told Greta Van Susteren:

One of my favorite analogies is it’s like 100 people drowning and you’re going to save 98 of them by, you know, only protecting them from a tax increase. 98%? And my question is, well, they’re all drowning, right? Which means that raising taxes is a bad thing for everyone. So why would we only do it on two? We can save 98% from a tax increase? But why would drowning be our policy? What would be in favor of a policy of drowning? You know, raising taxes.